Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 20 April 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Health

Covid-19 Vaccination Roll-out: Update

Mr. Damien McCallion:

In terms of when we hope to finish, it is a three-week window. Approximately 300 people have yet to be vaccinated. We have faced certain challenges in the sense that some people will have been hospitalised in light of the nature of the conditions they may have. These are the most vulnerable people and some of them may have been transferred to residential care. The ambulance service is working through this cohort and that is window of time involved. If a person is concerned, we can pick up on that. We hope to get through the balance of those 300 people in that time. Some 1,600 people have been vaccinated. The administration of the second dose of the vaccine is being planned and scheduled at the same time by the ambulance service.

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